Rajasthan Royals hold a four-point lead at the top of the IPL 2024 points table following a commanding nine-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at home on Monday, thanks to a 59-ball century by Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai are teetering at seventh after fifth defeat. Gujarat Titans had climbed to sixth place in the standings after securing a three-wicket win against Punjab Kings at Mullanpur Stadium in Mohali on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) suffered a heartbreaking one-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders.
KKR moved up to second place in the standings, vying with SRH for that position. Meanwhile, RCB finds itself rooted to the bottom of the table.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sandeep Sharma shone brightly as RR moved closer to the IPL 2024 playoffs with a convincing nine-wicket victory over MI.
Yuzvendra Chahal reached his milestone of 200 IPL wickets as MI appeared poised for another low total against RR. Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera then steadied the innings, mounting a counter-attack with their 99-run partnership.
However, MI suffered another collapse with Sandeep taking three wickets in the final over, achieving a memorable 5-wicket haul to limit Mumbai to 179 for 9 in 20 overs.
In reply, Rajasthan had an ideal start from Jaiswal and Buttler, who accumulated 61 runs in the initial six overs before a rain interruption.
Although Buttler was dismissed shortly after play resumed, Jaiswal assumed responsibility for the chase, securing his second century in his IPL career and the second against MI.
With this victory, RR now possess 14 points from eight matches and bid farewell to the Sawai Mansingh stadium for this season, as they will relocate to Guwahati for the remaining two home matches. This marked MI's fifth defeat of the campaign.
